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LETTER  OF  TRANSMITTAL 


To  State  Board  of  Education, 

Hon.  J.  Y.  Joyner,  Secretary. 
Honored  Sirs:  I  herewith  submit  my  report  as  Superintendent  of  the 
State  Colored  Normal  Schools  and  the  State  Cherokee  Normal  School  of  Robe- 
son County,  from  July  1,  1914,  to  June  30,  1915,  and  from  July  1,  1915,  to 
June  30,  1916.  This  report  includes  the  statements  of  the  principals  regard- 
ing the  growth  and  conditions  of  their  respective  schools. 

Respectfully  submitted,  E.  E.  Sams, 

Superintendent  State  Colored  Normal  Schools 
and  State  Cherokee  Normal  School  of  Robeson  County. 


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REPORT  OF  PRINCIPAL  OF  SLATER  INDUSTRIAL  AND  STATE 

NORMAL  SCHOOL 


The  Slater  Industrial  and  State  Normal  School, 

Winston-Salem,  N.  C,  December  11,  1916. 
Prof.  E.  E.  Sams, 

Supervisor  of  Teacher-Training, 

Raleigh  N.  C. 
Dear  Sir: — In  compliance  with  your  recent  request,  I  beg  now  to  submit 
a  biennial  statement  in  regard  to  the  work  and  outlook  of  the  Slater  In- 
dustrial and  State  Normal  School. 

Statistics 

There  were  enrolled  in  all  departments  for  the  past  two  years  students 
and  pupils  as  follows: 
Normal  and  academic  grades;  1914-15         1915-16 

Boys    88  97 

Girls     123  137 

Total     211  234 

Practice  School  and  grades  below: 

Boys    106  122 

Girls   129  151 

Total 235  272 

Grand  total   446  506 

Summer  School 124 

Boarding  pupils 87  96 

Graduates    34  48 

This  enrollment,  I  think,  shows  a  healthy  increase,  and  it  has  been  fairly 
up  to  the  limit  of  our  accommodations.  I  think  we  may  count  upon  our  en- 
rollment keeping  pace  with,  and  even  extending  beyond,  our  increase  in 
accommodations  from  year  to  year. 

Improvements  and  Additions 

During  this  biennial  period  we  have  built  and  occupied  our  new  girls'  dormi- 
tory, referred  to  in  my  last  biennial  report.  I  also  noted  the  fact  in  my  last 
report  that  we  had  made  most  of  the  brick  for  this  new  dormitory. 

The  corner-stone  for  this  new  dormitory  was  laid  on  June  19,  1915,  when 
the  principal  address  was  delivered  by  yourself,  the  stone  being  laid  by  the 


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Colored  Masonic  Grand  Lodge,  Dr.  R.  B.  McRary,  Grand  Master.  The  build- 
ing was  formally  opened  on  November  6th,  when  the  principal  address  was 
made  by  Dr.  Joyner  our  honored  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction.  This 
building  affords  dormitory  accommodations  for  about  100  girls,  and  other 
home  accommodations  for  twice  that  number. 

During  this  period  there  has  also  been  constructed  and  installed  a  central 
heating  plant,  which  represents  one  of  the  finest  improvements  in  the  history 
of  the  School.  Prom  this  central  heating  plant  all  the  buildings  on  the 
grounds  are  heated,  with  one  or  two  exceptions,  and  we  have  heating  capacity 
for  several  additional  buildings. 

Repairs,  Changes,  and  Other  Additions 

With  the  opening  of  our  new  dormitory  the  boys  were  given  the  dormitory 
accommodations  formerly  occupied  by  the  girls.  This  has  enabled  us  to  make 
more  fitting  use  of  the  boys'  dormitory,  formerly  known  as  "Slater  Hospital." 
During  the  last  vacation  this  building  was  repainted  and  otherwise  renovated, 
and  is  now  used  as  the  headquarters  of  our  Household  Economics  Depart- 
ment. All  the  instruction  in  the  Household  Sciences  have  been  centered  in 
this  building,  and  thereby  additional  room  has  been  given  in  Lamson  Hall 
to  the  Manual  Training  Department.  Extensive  additions  have  been  made 
to  the  equipment  of  the  institution  in  all  departments,  and  the  work  of  in- 
struction in  several  of  the  industrial  departments  strengthened  and  extended. 

Special  Contributions  and  Donations 

The  additions  and  progress  indicated  in  the  above  paragraph  were  made 
possible  largely  by  assistance  which  came  to  us  from  the  General  Education 
Board  and  the  Phelps-Stokes  Fund  during  the  past  and  present  school  years. 
The  General  Education  Board,  in  response  to  the  appeal  of  Prof.  N.  C  New- 
bold,  State  Agent  of  Rural  Schools,  and  through  him,  made  a  donation  of 
$1,000  towards  industrial  equipment;  and  the  Phelps-Stokes  Fund,  through 
the  kind  suggestion  and  recommendation  of  Dr.  Thomas  Jesse  Jones  of  the 
United  States  Bureau  of  Education,  made  a  donation  of  $250  to  be  used  as 
might  be  thought  best.  The  donation  of  the  General  Education  Board  has 
gone  for  new  equipment  for  Manual  Training,  Domestic  Science  and  Art,  and 
Agriculture;  and  the  Phelps-Stokes  donation  for  instruction  in  Agriculture. 
We  are  still  under  obligation  to  the  John  F.  Slater  Fund,  through  the  kindness 
of  Dr.  James  H.  Dillard,  for  appropriations  to  our  work  which  have  gone 
toward  instruction  in  Domestic  Science  and  Art. 

Special  Improvements,  and  Evidences  of  Local  Support  and  Cooperation 

I  am  glad  to  mention  again  the  large  expression  of  interest  which  our  com- 
munity has  continued  to  make  for  the  welfare  of  our  institution.  The  city  of 
Winston-Salem  has  recently  opened  up  at  large  expense  a  fine  new  thorough- 
fare to  the  School  community,  and  greatly  improved  the  immediate  approaches 
to  the  School.  This  work  includes  granolithic  sidewalks  leading  up  to  and 
upon  our  campus.  It  is  an  interesting  fact,  as  you  know,  that  one  of  the 
city  graded  schools  is  practically  located  on  our  campus.  This  school  serves 
as  our  practice  school,  and  is  the  immediate  link  of  connection  between 
the  city  school  system  and  the  Normal  School.  I  am  glad  to  inform  you 
that  the  fine  cooperation  referred  to  in  my  previous  biennial  report  con- 


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tinues,  if  possible,  even  more  sympathetically  and  completely.  This  is  due 
largely  to  the  generous  consideration  of  the  board  of  school  commissioners 
of  the  city  of  Winston-Salem  and  to  the  attitude  of  the  large-hearted,  able 
superintendent,  Prof.  R.  H.  Latham. 

The  local  cooperation,  of  which  we  are  so  proud  and  which  is  so  encourag- 
ing, includes  also  a  similar  attitude  on  the  part  of  the  board  of  education  of 
Forsyth  County,  and  the  superintendent  of  schools  of  this  county,  Prof.  W.  B. 
Speas,  who  have  always  been  ready  to  cooperate  with  our  Normal  School  in 
every  way  practicable,  and  to  show  their  appreciation  of  what  is  being  done 
in  this  community  and  county  by  the  State  of  North  Carolina.  We  have  now 
reached  the  point  where  there  is  little  or  no  loss  of  motion  in  passing  from 
the  grades  of  the  city  and  county  schools  to  the  classes  of  the  Normal  School, 
and  all  the  schools  in  this  county  and  city,  including  the  Normal  School, 
represent  practically  one  system  of  public  education.  . 

Our  Summer  School  Work 

This  cooperation  has  been  further  demonstrated  by  the  city  of  Winston- 
Salem,  the  county  of  Forsyth,  the  John  F.  Slater  Fund,  and  by  the  General 
Education  Board,  in  connection  with  our  Summer  School  for  teachers,  as 
contributions  have  been  received  from  all  these  sources  towards  our  Summer 
School  work. 

It  has  been  our  hope  to  have  eventually  a  practically  all-the-year-round 
school  session,  with  the  work  of  the  summer  term  counting  toward  the 
regular  courses  and  entitling  those  who  take  the  course  in  our  Summer 
School  to  regular  academic  and  educational  credits.  The  assistance,  there- 
fore, which  we  have  received  and  are  receiving  toward  our  Summer  School 
work  we  estimate  to  be  of  special  value  in  working  out  our  plans  as  a  center 
for  teacher  training. 

Our  Graduates 

In  my  last  biennial  report  I  made  this  statement  with  regard  to  our  gradu- 
ates: 

"Our  graduates  and  former  students  are  teachers,  industrial  leaders,  and 
professional  workers,  that  are  making  good  in  various  communities  of  North 
Carolina,  and  in  other  States. 

"They  are  among  the  most  valued  teachers  in  some  of  our  leading  city 
graded  schools.  One  of  the  female  graduates  is  the  assistant  Principal  of 
the  Columbian  Heights  Graded  School  of  this  city,  which  is  also  the  Slater 
Practice  School;  and  two  other  graduates  are  on  the  faculty  of  our  Normal 
School  here, 

"Our  graduates  are  also  among  the  leading  teachers  in  the  public  schools 
of  Forsyth  County  and  of  other  counties  of  the  State.  The  leading  colored 
contractor  and  builder  of  Winston-Salem  is  a  Slater  graduate,  having  com- 
pleted his  trade  in  our  Carpentry  Department.  These  are  but  representatives 
among  the  large  number  of  graduates  and  former  students  of  whose  records 
out  of  school  we  are  proud." 

It  will  interest  you  and,  I  have  no  doubt,  the  entire  State  Board  of  Educa- 
tion to  know  that  one  of  the  graduates  was  the  contractor  and  builder  in 
the  construction  of  our  new  girls'  dormitory  above  referred  to.  As  evidence 
of  the  success  of  this  young  man,  I  may  say  that  he  was  able  to  deposit  with 
the  secretary  of  the  board  of  trustees  a  certified  check  for  $8,000  as  a  guaran- 


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tee  that  his  contract  would  be  put  through,  and  as  an  evidence  of  good  faith. 
This  young  man  has  just  been  awarded,  by  Mr.  R.  J.  Reynolds,  our  tobacco 
capitalist,  a  contract  to  construct  a  large  number  of  houses  Which  he  is 
building  as  a  part  of  an  extensive  plan  for  community  betterment  in  Winston- 
Salem.  Our  graduates  are  much  in  demand  in  this  State  and  elsewhere,  and 
we  think  are  fully  justifying  what  the  State  is  doing  for  the  training  of  the 
negro  teachers  in  connection  with  this  Normal  School. 

The  Outlook  and  Needs  of  Ouk  School 

You  will  remember,  Professor  Sams,  that  it  is  now  our  hope  and  plan  to 
enlarge  and  dignify  our  work  of  teacher  training,  especially  with  the  object  of 
meeting  the  demands  of  our  rural  public  schools.  It  is  our  desire  to  meet 
these  demands  both  in  quantity  and  quality.  We  are  hoping  that  our  ac- 
commodations may  be  greatly  increased  during  the  next  biennial  period,  and 
that  our  courses  of  study  may  be  so  rounded  out  and  enriched  as  to  give 
a  more  thorough  training;  and  thus  by  these  two  lines  of  development  we 
hope  to  be  able  to  meet  the  demand,  both  in  quantity  and  quality,  for 
workers  now  so  much  needed  in  connection  with  the  negro  public  schools  of 
the  State.  In  order  to  increase  the  quantity  and  quality  of  our  product  we 
shall  need  increased  accommodations  and  facilities,  and  especially  an  increase 
of  our  maintenance  fund.  I  would  like  to  repeat  largely  our  statement  of 
needs  presented  with  my  last  biennial  report.  I  have  called  attention  above 
to  the  fact  that  we  have  already  constructed  a  heating  plant.  This  was  done, 
however,  with  funds  that  might  have  gone  toward  dormitory  construction. 

(1)  Our  first  need  in  the  line  of  increased  facilities  is,  therefore, 

to  reimburse  the  funds  of  the  School  to  the  extent  of  the 
amount  put  into  the  heating  plant,  which  should  go  for  a 
dormitory  for  boys,  now  so  urgently  needed.  This  will  rep- 
resent an  amount  of  at  least  $10,000.00 

(2)  A  barn  that  will  be  fairly  adequate  for  the  following  purposes: 

(a)  Ordinary  farm  uses;  (b)  As  a  dairy  barn  for  instruc- 
tion and  demonstration  in  the  proper  care  of  cows  and  milk; 
(c)  Housing  and  properly  caring  for  farm  utensils 3,000.00 

(3)  Additional  sewer  lines,  lighting  and  water  equipment 1,500.00 

(4)  Enlargement  of  present  main  building  so  as  to   relieve  the 

crowded  condition  in  the  work  of  instruction  and  adminis- 
tration      5,000.00 

(5)  For  improvement  of  grounds  (to  be  done  by  student  help)    . .  .     1,500.00 

(6)  I  have  reserved  perhaps  the  most  urgent  need  for  the  last, 

namely,  increase  of  our  maintenance  fund.  When  it  comes 
to  increasing  our  output  and  improving  its  quality,  it  will 
be  absolutely  necessary  to  have  an  increased  maintenance 
fund.  I  cannot  see  how  we  can  prosecute  our  plans  for 
greater  efficiency  unless  our  annual  maintenance  fund  shall 
very  soon  be  brought  up  to  at  least 10,000.00 

$31,000.00 


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You  will  note,  by  referring  to  my  statement  of  needs  in  connection  with  our 
last  biennial  report,  that  we  close  with  these  words: 

"We  shall  be  greatly  handicapped  in  working  out  our  plans  for  the  future 
if  our  annual  maintenance  fund  hereafter  should  be  less  than  $10,000.00." 

Our  present  condition  and  outlook  suggest  a  larger  amount  than  this,  rather 
than  a  smaller  amount.  We  very  much  hope,  therefore,  that  our  forth- 
coming General  Assembly  will  consider  favorably  our  appeal  both  for  in- 
creased facilities  and  increased  maintenance. 

I  must  not  close,  Professor  Sams,  without  acknowledging  my  debt  to  our 
board  of  trustees,  and  my  appreciation  of  your  kindness  and  encouragement; 
and  I  desire,  also,  to  acknowledge  our  debt,  both  for  the  School  and  person- 
ally, to  Dr.  Joyner,  our  honored  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 
Your  obedient  servant,  S.  G-.  Atkins, 

Principal. 


REPORT  OF  PRINCIPAL  OF  THE  ELIZABETH  CITY  STATE 
NORMAL  SCHOOL 


Elizabeth  City,  N.  C,  December  30,  1916. 
Prof.  E.  E.  Sams, 

Supervisor  of  Teacher-Training, 

Raleigh,  N.  C.  * 

Dear  Sir: — In  obedience  to  your  request,  I  have  pleasure  in  submitting 
to  you  herewith  statements  concerning  the  work  done  in  the  Elizabeth  City 
State  Normal  School. 

My  incumbency  as  principal  of  the  Elizabeth  City  State  Normal  School 
dates  from  its  beginning  on  January  4,  1892.  During  the  first  session  the 
enrollment  of  students  was  only  64,  representing  9  counties.  The  teaching 
force  consisted  of  the  principal  and  one  assistant.  The  entire  appropriation 
for  operating  the  institution,  which  had  been  established  by  the  General 
Assembly  of  North  Carolina  in  1891  to  educate  and  train  young  men  and 
women  of  the  negro  race  as  teachers  and  workers,  was  $900. 

Session  1914-1915 

The  morning  of  the  14th  of  September,  1914,  and  the  evening  of  the  30  of 
April,  1915,  marked  significantly  the  beginning  and  the  close,  respectively, 
of  the  twenty-fourth  annual  session  of  this  institution. 

Statistics 

My  monthly  statistical  reports  have  been  filed  regularly  in  your  office 
according  to  your  request.  The  attendance  throughout  the  session  was 
very  encouraging,  as  the  following  roll  will  show:  Normal  Department,  234 
students;  Preparatory  Department,  58;  and  the  Practice  School  Department, 
106,  making  the  yearly  enrollment  398. 

Girls'  Dormitory 

We  are  favored  in  having  a  beautiful  as  well  as  a  substantially  constructed 
dormitory  for  girls.  It  is  a  spacious  building  containing  forty-four  large,  well 
ventilated  bedrooms  on  the  second  and  third  floors.  One  hundred  and  twenty- 
seven  lady  students  and  ten  lady  teachers  occupied  the  rooms.  Seventy-four 
(74)  nonresident  students  boarded  in  the  city.  m 

A  Boys'  Dormitory  Needed 

A  dormitory  for  the  occupancy  of  our  boys  would  mean  quite  as  much  to 
them  as  the  one  we  have  means  to  the  moral  and  physical  protection 
of  the  girls.  A  boys'  dormitory  is  one  of  the  imperative  needs  of  the  institu- 
tions.   .Every  boy  student  is  compelled  to  lodge  in  private  homes. 


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Counties  Represented 

During  the  session  of  1914-1915  the  following  counties  were  represented: 
Bertie,  Beaufort,  Brunswick,  Currituck,  Camden,  (N.  J.),  Camden  (N.  C), 
Columbus,  Craven,  Chowan,  Chester  (Pa.),  Dare,  Edgecombe,  Essex  (N.  J.), 
Gates,  Hillsboro  (Pla.),  Hertford,  Hyde,  Lenoir,  Loudoun  (Va.),  Martin, 
Nash,  Norfolk  (Va.),  Northampton,  New  Haven  (Conn.),  Nansemond  (Va.), 
Onslow,  Pasquotank,  Princess  Anne,  (Va.),  Pitt,  Perquimans,  Rockingham, 
Sussex  (N.  J.),  Tyrrell,  Vance,  Washington,  Warren. 

Domestic  Science  and  Art  Department 

Each  young  woman  in  the  Normal  Department  is  requested  to  spend  one 
period  per  day  in  the  Domestic  Science  and  Art  Department.  It  is  vitally 
important  that  our  young  women  obtain  a  working  knowledge  of  cooking 
and  sewing.  These  subjects  have  a  character-building  effect  that  is  very 
valuable.  I  believe  that  all  of  our  girls  should  have  a  definite  and  practical 
knowledge  of  all  the  home-making  subjects. 

Industrial  Equipment  for  Boys 

It  is  just  as  important  that  boys  should  learn  how  to  use  carpenter's  tools 
and  farming  implements  as  it  is  that  girls  should  learn  to  cook  and  sew. 
The  Local  Board  of  Managers  has  purchased  18  acres  of  excellent  farming 
land  in  addition  to  the  23  acres  which  the  school  previously  owned.  The 
school  now  owns  over  41  acres  of  very  good  land  adjoining  the  school  campus. 
A  manual  training  shop  and  an  industrial  equipment  including  team  and 
farming  implements  are  among  our  immediate  needs. 

Our  Graduates 

The  graduates  of  the  Elizabeth  City  State  Normal  School  are  often  preferred 
to  other  teachers  because  their  service  is  more  satisfactory  wherever  they 
are  employed  as  teachers  and  workers.  County  superintendents  are  usually 
pleased  with  the  service  of  our  graduates  who  teach  in  their  schools  for  the 
colored  children.  Our  Practice  and  Observation  School  affords  splendid  op- 
portunities for  teacher-training.  The  majority  of  our  graduates  teach  in 
rural  and  city  graded  schools. 

Commencement 

Our  commencement  exercises  reached  a  high  degree  of  efficiency  and  help- 
fulness. Some  of  the  best  people  of  the  race  composed  the  audience.  They 
were  attentive,  appreciative,  and  helpful  to  the  commencement  occasion. 
The  graduating  class  numbered  25  young  women  and  13  young  men.  There 
were  20  young  women  awarded  certificates  of  graduation  from  the  Domestic 
Science  and  Domestic  Art  Department. 

Cooperation 

The  very  best  people  of  the  negro  race  in  this  community  and  section  give 
the  work  of  the  State  Normal  School  their  hearty  support.     Likewise,  it  is 


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gratifying  to  recall  the  cordial  and  helpful  support  given  the  School  by  the 
leading  white  people,  especially  those  in  this  community. 

Our  Local  Board  of  Managers  and  our  most  efficient  Superintendent  of 
the  Normal  Schools,  Professor  E.  E.  Sams,  have  been  zealous  and  untiring 
in  their  efforts  to  make  the  Elizabeth  City  State  Normal  School  render  the 
best  service  possible  to  the  youth  of  the  race. 

1915-1916 

Annual  Enrollment 

The  annual  enrollment  for  the  scholastic  year  1915-1916  is  herein  given: 
The  Practice  School  Department,  129;  Preparatory  Department,  76;  Normal 
Department,  263,  making  the  annual  enrollment  468. 

Boarding  Department 
During  the  session  the  following  facts  were  of  noteworthy  interest: 

Girls  rooming  in  the  dormitory 155 

Lady  teachers  and  female  assistants 11 

Nonresident  girls  boarding  in  city 53 

Nonresident  boys  boarding  in  city 76 

Total  nonresident  students  and  teachers 295 

Here  it  is  again  noticeable  that  a  dormitory  for  boys  is  one  of  our  urgent 
needs.  We  hope  that  those  who  are  in  authority  in  the  State  will  see  the 
necessity  for  authorizing  the  erection  of  a  dormitory  for  the  boys  who  attend 
this  institution.  It  is  evident  that  much  of  the  valuable  instruction,  disci- 
pline and  training  which  our  boys  receive  have  little  effect  on  them  because 
they  live  in  private  homes. 

The  following  counties  were  represented:  Bertie,  Beaufort,  Brunswick, 
Carteret,  Chester  (Pa.),  Currituck,  Chesterfield  (Va.),  Camden  (N.  J.), 
Camden  (N.  C),  Craven,  Chowan,  Dare,  Edgecombe,  Essex  (N.  J.),  Gates, 
Hillsboro  (Pla.),  Hertford,  Hyde,  Halifax,  Harnett,  Jones,  Johnston,  Lenoir, 
Loudoun  (Va.),  Martin,  Nash,  New  Hanover,  Norfolk  (Va.),  Northampton, 
Nansemond  (Va.),  Pasquotank,  Perquimans,  Princess  Anne  (Va.),  Pitt, 
Rockingham,  Tyrrell,  Vance,  Washington,  Warren,  Wake,  Westchester  (N.  Y.), 
Wilson. 

Domestic  Science  and  Art 

One  of  the  prerequisites  made  of  our  girls  before  they  are  graduated  is 
that  they  make  the  dresses  in  which  they  are  graduated.  On  April  28,  1916, 
fourteen  young  women  were  awarded  certificates  of  graduation. 

Class  of  1916 

The  class  of  1916  was  composed  of  12  men  and  20  young  women,  32  in  all. 
A  large  majority  of  them  are  young  people  of  fine  ability  and  excellent  dis- 
position. They  feel  the  need  of  better  preparation;  therefore,  they  are, 
through  their  principal,  petitioning  the  management  to  add  the  Academic 
Department  to  the  four  years  Normal  Course.  I  recommend  most  heartily 
that  this  addition  to  the  course  of  study  be  made.  The  demand  for  better 
qualified  teachers  in  the  negro  schools  of  the  State  is  evident. 


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Distinguished  Visitors 

The  twenty-fifth  annual  commencement  sermon  was  preached  by  Rev. 
George  C.  Clement,  D.D.,  of  Charlotte,  N.  C.  The  minister's  effort  was  a 
highly  commendable  one  in  every  respect.  Others  who  delivered  addresses 
during  commencement  week  or  visited  the  School  at  other  times  during  the 
year,  were  the  following:  Mr.  Jackson  Davis,  General  Field  Agent  of  Negro 
Education,  under  General  Education  Board;  Prof.  N.  C.  Newbold,  State  Agent, 
Rural  Schools;  the  Local  Board  of  Managers;  Dr.  C.  F.  Meserve,  president 
Shaw  University;  Rev.  B.  C.  Hennings,  First  Baptist  Church  (white) ;  Rev. 
C.  A.  Ashby,  Christ  Church;  Rev.  C.  M.  Cartwright,  Rev.  C.  H.  D.  Griffin, 
pastors  in  the  city;  Rev.  C.  E.  Askew,  pastor  First  Baptist  Church,  Raleigh, 
N.  C. ;  Rev.  L.  P.  Jordan,  Philadelphia,  Pa.;  and  Prof.  E.  E.  Sams,  Supervisor 
of  Teacher  Training,  who  on  every  visitation  brought  a  most  wholesome, 
inspiring,  and  comprehensive  message  to  the  teachers,  students,  and  Principal. 

In  closing  these  statements  of  the  work  done  in  this  institution  during 
the  past  two  years,  I  acknowledge  first  its  imperfection,  and  beg  to  extend 
my  sincere  thanks  to  the  members  of  the  Local  Board  of  Managers  and  to 
you,  Professor  Sams,  Superintendent  of  the  State  Normal  Schools,  for  your 
encouragement  and  efficient  service,  which  was  rendered  to  aid  the  Principal 
in  his  efforts  to  carry  forward  the  work  of  the  institution. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

P.  W.  Moore, 

Principal. 


REPORT  OF  PRINCIPAL  OF  FAYETTEVILLE  STATE  NORMAL 

SCHOOL 


Fayetteville,  N.  C,  December  4,  1916. 
Prof.  E.  E.  Sams, 

Superintendent  State  Colored  Normal  Schools. 
My  dear  Sir: — In  submitting  this  biennial  report,  I  beg  to  make  a  survey 
of  the  School,  since  its  reorganization  some  twelve  years  ago,  to   consider 
the  following  points: 

1.  History  and  growth  of  the  School; 

2.  Cost  of  the  School  and  its  equipment; 

3.  The  needs  and  further  cost  to  the  State,  for  more  completely  perfecting 
the  facilities  of  the  School  for  doing  the  work  which  its  growth  and  develop- 
ment require; 

4.  The  service  of  the  School  to  the  State; 

5.  The  future  of  the  School. 

History  and  Growth  of  the  School 

Of  the  initiative  bill  which  was  passed  by  the  General  Assembly  of  1876- 
1877,  establishing  the  School,  with  annual  maintenance  appropriation,  I  shall 
say  nothing  here,  other  than  note  that  the  School  continued  with  only 
maintenance  appropriation  for  more  than  twenty-five  years,  with  no  real  be- 
longing of  any  kind  whatever. 

Some  twelve  years  ago  a  reorganization  of  the  institution  was  effected; 
a  superintendent  was  provided,  who  being  a  thorough  school  man,  and 
being  connected  with  the  State  Department  of  Education,  gave  at  once 
prestige  to  the  School  and  started  in  on  an  era  of  prosperity  and  development. 

Two  years  thereafter  the  Principal,  graciously  assisted  by  friends  of  both 
races  in  the  community,  purchased  a  desirable  tract  of  40  acres  of  land  within 
a  mile  of  Fayetteville,  at  a  cost  of  $3,500,  and  had  the  land  deeded  to  the 
State  as  a  home  for  the  School. 

In  the  year  1908  the  State  erected  on  the  site  a  substantial  two-story  brick 
building — Vance  Building.  This,  our  main  building,  contains  assembly  hall, 
four  classrooms,  cloak  rooms,  etc.,  was  built  for  a  little  less  than  $10,000. 

During  the  first  year  in  our  new  quarters,  1908-09,  the  attendance  of  stu- 
dents was  less  than  one  hundred;  in  consequence  of  this  small  attendance 
the  service  of  two  of  the  five  instructors  employed  at  the  beginning  of  the 
session  were  dispensed  with  before  the  close  of  the  second  month,  with  the 
understanding,  however,  that  they  return  to  their  posts  when  the  daily 
avergae  attendance  reached  eighty. 

Two  years  later  another  well  appointed  building  was  erected,  at  about 
the  same  cost  as  the  one  mentioned  in  the  foregoing.  It  is  a  dormitory  for 
girls  and  contains  kitchen,  dining-room,  storeroom,  domestic  science  and 
domestic  art  room,  pantry,  etc.,  on  the  ground  floor,  and  twenty-eight  living 
rooms  in  the  two  stories  above.  The  living  rooms  were  designed  to  accom- 
modate two  students  each,  and  about  fifty  young  women  occupied  the  dormi- 
tory during  the  first  year  after  it  was  built — 1910-11;  but  today  as  this  report 


Indian  and  Colored  Normal  Schools  15 

is  being  written,  December  4,  1916,  there  is  not  a  room  in  the  building  occu- 
pied by  less  than  four  female  students,  while  some  rooms  are  taxed  to  ac- 
commodate five. 

This  crowded  condition  is  not  confined  alone  to  the  dormitory  for  young 
women,  but  it  obtains  also  in  the  cottages  used  as  dormitories  for  male 
students,  who  live  four,  five,  and  in  a  few  instances  six  in  a  room. 

We  have  found  it  necessary,  though  not  desirable,  to  get  accomodations  for 
more  than  a  score  of  our  boarding  students  in  private  families  in  the  city. 

Nothing  said  in  the  foregoing  has  reference  to  the  more  than  two  hundred 
day  pupils, 

The  increased  attendance  is  explained,  first,  by  the  provision  of  better  facil- 
ities; second,  by  the  demand  of  school  authorities  and  patrons  for  better 
trained  teachers;  third,  by  the  ambition  of  teachers  to  improve  themselves. 

Cost  of  the  School  and  Its  Equipment 

The  architects  who  drew  the  plans  for  the  two  brick  buildings  referred 
to  in  the  foregoing  contemplated  in  their  plans  and  specifications  structures 
to  cost  about  $15,000  each;  but  the  lowest  bid  by  contractors  in  each  case 
was  a  little  less  than  $10,000. 

Value   of   school    land    $  4,000.00 

Value  of  buildings 26,000.00 

Value  of  furniture  and  equipment  3,000.00 

Value  of  live  stock,  vehicles,  etc 250.00 

Total    $33,250.00 

Much  of  the  equipment  of  the  School  has,  from  time  to  time,  been  bought 
by  the  students.  Once  equipped,  the  expense  of  the  upkeep  of  the  dormitory 
has  been  all  along  met  by  the  students. 

Needs  and  Further  Cost 

The  needs  and  further  cost  to  the  State  for  adequately  perfecting  the  facil- 
ities of  the  School  so  as  to  enable  it  to  do  efficiently  the  work  which  its 
growth  and  development  require  and  which  the  authorities  should  reasonably 
expect — fifty  graduates  annually — may  be  seen. 

First.  A  dormitory  sufficient  in  capacity  to  accomodate  three  hundred 
female  students;  and  turn  over  the  building  at  present  used  for  girl's  dormi- 
tory for  occupancy  by  male  students. 

Second.  An  assembly  hall  to  accomodate  six  to  eight  hundred;  a  dining 
hall  to  accommodate  five  hundred,  as  our  conveniences  for  these  purposes, 
at  present,  can  only  about  meet  half  the  demand  upon  them. 

Water  Supply — It  is  found  to  be  difficult  to  get  sufficient  water  from  the  two 
pumps  and  a  well  to  supply  four  hundred  persons  daily  for  all  purposes; 
hence,  the  imperative  need  of  water  supply. 

Heating  Plant — The  practice  of  making  fires  in  stoves,  in  their  individual 
rooms,  early  and  late,  by  hundreds  of  inexperienced,  irresponsible  youths  is 
not  only  inconvenient,  but  also  hazardous. 

Shop  and  Laundry — A  building  suitable  for  manual  training  to  be  taught 
in  one  part  and  laundry  work  done  in  the  other  is  also  very  much  needed. 


16  Biennial  Eeport 

Practice  School — Accommodations  for  practice  school  work  should  be  ex- 
tended and  facilities  improved.  Facilities  offered  at  present  are  limited  to 
about  fifty  children,  at  best.  Our  present  senior  class,  which  is  required  to 
do  practice  work  in  the  department,  has  a  membership  of  twenty-two;  while 
our  junior  class,  which  is  expected  to  observe  in  this  department,  is  twice 
as  large  as  the  senior;  hence,  it  is  obvious  that  satisfactory  work  with  our 
practice  school  in  its  present  quarters  is  next  to  impossible.  We  are,  however, 
doing  our  best. 

Service — Since  the  School  has  been  established  about  four  thousand  differ- 
ent students  have  been  enrolled;  about  10  per  cent  of  whom  have  completed 
the  prescribed  course  of  study.  Practically  all  the  graduates  with  about  20 
per  cent  of  undergraduates  have  engaged  in  teaching  in  the  public  schools. 

Under  the  wise  superintendency  of  Prof.  B.  E.  Sams,  State  Supervisor  of 
Teacher  Training,  the  School  is  entering  upon  a  new  era  of  training  students 
for  immediate  service  in  a  professional  and  public  capacity.  It  is  sending  its 
students  into  the  public  schools,  for  which  standards  are  fixed  by  the  State. 
So  well  is  it  preparing  its  students  to  meet  these  standards  that  school  author- 
ities are  accepting  diplomas  and  certificates  from  the  School  as  sufficient 
guarantee  of  fitness  to  teach  in  the  free  public  schools. 

Requests  for  teachers  are  frequent  from  different  school  authorities. 

Of  the  sixteen  students  graduating  in  April  last,  thirteen  are  employed  as 
teachers.  There  are  scores  of  undergraduates  teaching  in  the  public  schools 
in  various  parts  of  the  State. 

Summer  School 

Through  the  untiring  efforts  of  our  Superintendent,  aided  by  the  State 
Agent  of  Rural  Schools,  Prof.  N.  C.  Newbold,  half  the  expense  of  conducting 
a  Summer  School,  for  a  period  of  four  weeks,  July  31-August  25,  1916,  was 
paid  by  the  General  Education  Board  of  New  York.  Two  hundred  and  four 
teachers  enrolled  in  the  Summer  School.  While  the  large  majority  of  these 
were  from  Robeson  and  Cumberland  counties,  there  were  numbers  of  teachers 
from  some  twenty  other  counties.  The  instructors  were  the  very  best  that 
could  be  secured.     Great  interest  was  manifested  throughout  the  term. 

Future — Every  indication,  at  present,  suggests  a  broader  sphere  of  useful- 
ness for  the  School. 

Had  we  adequate  accommodations,  there  might  go  from  the  School  annually 
fifty  graduates,  with  no  more  effort  than  is  now  required  to  send  forth  fifteen 
or  twenty. 

And  now  we  approach  the 

Session  of  1914-1915, 

which  opened  September  14,  1914,  and  after  continuing  for  a  period  of  eight 
months  of  twenty  school  days  each,  closed  April  30,  1915. 

The  Enrollment  for  the  session  was  305:  138  male  and  167  female  students; 
121  of  whom  were  registered  in  the  Normal  department;  88  in  the  preparatory 
classes,  and  96  in  the  practice  school.  There  were  138  boarders  on  the 
campus  and  18  in  private  families  in  the  city. 

Graduates — Fourteen  students  were  enrolled  in  the  senior  class,  13  of  whom 
completed  the  prescribed  course  of  study  and  were  graduated  at  the  com- 


Indian  and  Colored  Normal  Schools  17 

mencement,  April  29,  1915.  Eleven  of  those  completing  the  course  of  study- 
easily  found  positions  as  teachers:  one  in  a  secondary  school,  two  in  graded, 
and  ten  in  rural  schools;  of  the  two  others,  one  entered  college  and  the  other 
is  taking  a  trade. 

Instructors — Seven  teachers,  three  males  and  four  females,  were  employed 
and  taught  throughout  the  session  without  interruption.  The  work  of  the  in- 
structors was,  in  the  main,  satisfactory,  though  in  some  departments  improve- 
ments were  needed. 

The  work  of  the  department  of  English  and  Domestic  Science  and  Domestic 
Art  has  been  commended  from  time  to  time  by  visitors  as  being  well  done. 

Many  prominent  educators,  white  and  colored,  visited  the  School  and 
addressed  the  teachers  and  students,  from  time  to  time  during  the  session, 
with  inspiring  and  encouraging  remarks. 

The  Closing  Exercises  of  the  session  took  place  during  the  last  week  in 
April,  consisting  of  programs  of  appropriate  exercises  by  the  different  depart- 
ments. The  annual  sermon,  class-day  exercises,  commencement  addresses, 
exhibition  of  work  done  by  the  different  classes,  were  features  of  com- 
mencement. 

Session  of  1915-1916 

began  September  6,  1915,  with  the  largest  number  present  of  any  opening 
day  in  the  history  of  the  School. 

The  opening  was  more  auspicious  because  of  the  increase  in  our  teaching 
force. 

Faculty — The  hundreds  of  earnest  looking  students  were  greeted  by  nine 
instructors;  two  additions  to  the  number  previously  employed.  No  time 
was  consumed  in  formalities,  but  each  at  once  addressed  himself  to  work 
assigned. 

Institute  Work — Urged  by  numbers  of  rural  teachers,  encouraged  by  Cum- 
berland County's  able  superintendent  of  education,  and  approved  by  the 
State  Supervisor  of  Teacher  Training,  there  was  done  during  the  first  two 
weeks  of  the  session  some  institute  work  by  the  instructors  of  the  Normal 
School,  in  addition  to  that  of  the  regular  class  work  of  the  School.  Thirty- 
two  district  school  teachers  attended  the  two  weeks  institute,  at  the  close 
of  which  these  teachers  expressed  satisfaction  at  the  help  received. 

Attendance — The  enrollment  for  the  session  was  388;  32  were  enrolled  only 
in  the  institute;  168  in  the  four  Normal  classes;  107  in  the  preparatory 
classes;  and  81  in  the  practice  school:  246  were  females  and  142  males. 

Marked  improvement  in  the  attendance  of  day  pupils  was  noted,  while 
tardiness  was  not  allowed. 

Self  Help — The  students  throughout  evidenced  deep  interest  in  the  welfare 
and  prosperity  of  the  institution.  This  was  shown  in  various  ways  at  differ- 
ent times.  With  pennies  saved  by  individual  children  of  the  practice  school, 
the  department  bought  a  large  United  States  flag,  which  it  presented  to  the 
School  as  a  surprise.  It  was  presented  with  appropriate  ceremonies  on 
Washington's  birthday. 

The  first-year  Normal  class  purchased  a  large  eight-day  clock.  The  second- 
year  Normal  class,  having  in  it  some  students  who  were  "mechanically" 
minded,  purchased  the  material  and  built  splendid  cement  steps  leading  up 
the  railroad  embankment  to  the  campus — ten  in  number,  12  feet  long. 


18  Biennial  Eepoet 

The  third-year  Normal  class  paid  some  $40  for  nine  leather-bottomed 
upholstered  chairs  to  be  used  on  the  rostrum. 

These  splendid  gifts,  out  of  the  small  purses  but  big  hearts  of  our  boys  and 
girls,  were  graciously  accepted  and  fittingly  acknowledged  by  both  the 
Principal  and  Superintendent  of  the  School. 

Graduates — There  were  enrolled  in  the  fourth-year  Normal  or  senior  class 
sixteen  students,  six  males  and  ten  females,  all  of  whom  passed  the  required 
examination  and  were  graduated  at  the  commencement  in  April  last.  Four- 
teen of  the  sixteen  who  finished  the  prescribed  course  of  study  last  spring 
are  teaching.  Nine  of  the  ten  females  were  granted  certificates  for  pro- 
ficiency in  sewing. 

Improvements — During  the  vacation  of  1915  some  much  needed  repairs 
were  made  to  the  main  blilding  and  to  the  girls'  dormitory.  During  the  ses- 
sion sanitary  water  coolers  were  purchased;  flag  poles  placed  on  the  two 
brick  buildings;  a  room  12'  by  16  feet  added  to  the  frame  building  used  for 
laundry  purposes;  a  shed  10  by  28  feet  added  to  the  barn. 

May  I  suggest  that 

We  Greatly  Need 

1.  Dormitory  sufficiently  large  to  accommodate  300  students. 

2.  Assembly  hall  that  will  seat  600  people. 

3.  Dining  hall  large  enough  to  accommodate  500. 

4.  Water  supply  from  the  city. 

5.  Heating  plant. 

6.  Laundry  building  and  shop  for  industrial  work. 

Financial — Appended  to  this  report  will  be  found  financial  reports  of  the 
two  years  covered  herein. 

Conclusion — Thirty-six  more  students  were  enrolled  during  the  session 
than  were  registered  in  any  previous  one.  This  number  does  not  include, 
however,  ten  pupils  who  took  only  instrumental  music,  nor  the  thirty-two 
others  who  attended  only  during  the  two  weeks  institute  work  which  was 
conducted  during  the  first  two  weeks  of  the  session.  The  past  year  has  been 
abundantly  fruitful;   but  we  believe  the  best  is  yet  to  be. 

And  now  I  beg  to  close  with  expressions  of  sincere  gratitude  to  you  for 
repeated  evidences  of  abiding  interest  in  the  prosperity  of  this  institution, 
which  you  have  from  time  to  time  manifested;  and  also,  for  the  generous 
help  and  encouragement  which  you  have  at  all  times  so  graciously  given  me 
in  my  effort  to  prosecute  the  task  assigned,  without  which,  I  am  sure, 
the  measure  of  success  attained  could  not  have  been  reached. 

I  wish,  also,  to  again  record  my  sense  .of  indebtedness  to  the  members  of 
the  Board  of  Directors,  and  especially  to  the  Executive  Committee,  Judge 
H.  L.  Cook,  chairman;  Dr.  H.  W.  Lilly,  treasurer;  HoHn.  Q.  K.  Nimocks,  sec- 
retary, for  their  constant  sympathy  given  for  the  furtherance  of  the  work 
of  the  institution. 

Very  obediently,  E.  E.  Smith,  Principal. 


REPORT  OF  THE  PRINCIPAL  OF  THE  CHEROKEE  NORMAL 
SCHOOL  OF  ROBESON  COUNTY 


Mr.  E.  E.  Sams,  Pembroke,  N.  C.,  December  22,  1916. 

Raleigh,  N.  C. 

Dear  Sir: — I  beg  to  submit  herewith  my  biennial  report  of  the  Cherokee 
Normal  School  of  Robeson  County. 

The  campus  of  the  Cherokee  Normal  School  is  situated  about  one-half  mile 
west  of  the  station  of  Pembroke  on  the  Seaboard  Railway.  It  contains  ten 
acres  of  land,  covered  in  part  by  an  original  growth  of  long-leaf  pine.  The 
campus  is  almost  square  in  shape  and  the  land  alone  is  worth  at  least  $1,250. 

On  this  piece  of  land  there  are  two  buildings.  One  is  a  dormitory  recently 
erected  at  a  cost  of  about  $3,700  and  containing  twelve  bedrooms,  a  linen 
room,  a  dining-room  and  a  cookroom. 

The  other  building  is  used  as  a  school  building,  and  contains  three  recita- 
tion rooms  and  an  auditorium.  The  recitation  rooms  have  patent  desks,  hylo- 
plate  blackboards,  and  maps.  Each  recitation  room  also  has  a  coat  room  and 
teacher's  desk. 

The  auditorium  is  filled  with  home-made  seats  and  also  has  one  Stieff 
piano,  paid  for  by  the  patrons  of  the  School.  The  auditorium  and  each  reci- 
tation room  has  one  cast-iron  wood  heater.  The  School  also  contains  a  library 
worth  about  $50.  The  School  was  established  to  train  teachers  for  the  chil- 
dren of  the  Indian  race  in  North  Carolina.  Most  of  these  Indians  are  living 
in  Robeson  and  adjoining  counties,  where  more  than  fifty  teachers  are  em- 
ployed in  teaching  in  their  schools.  Practically  all  of  these  teachers  received 
a  part  or  all  of  their  education  at  this  School.  All  the  teachers  in  their  public 
schools  are  Indian  teachers.  Most  of  the  older  people  are  illiterate,  as  they 
did  not  have  separate  schools  until  recently,  and  they  would  not  go  to  the 
negro  schools  and  could  not  go  to  the  white  schools. 

The  Indian  Normal  is  the  only  Indian  school  under  the  State  law,  and  is 
the  only  school  in  the  State  where  the  Indians  can  get  any  high  school  train- 
ing. A  few  of  the  Indian  boys  and  girls  are  ambitious  to  go  to  college,  and 
they  have  to  depend  on  the  Indian  Normal  for  their  preparation. 

The  white  people  around  here  say  there  has  been  a  wonderful  improvement 
in  these  people  in  the  last  ten  or  fifteen  years,  and  most  of  them  say  that 
this  improvement  is  due  in  a  large  degree  to  the  influence  of  the  Normal 
School. 

In  this  School  there  is  one  Principal  and  three  lady  assistants.  All  of  the 
teachers  are  white  teachers.  One  lady  teacher  has  charge  of  the  first  three 
grades,  another  has  charge  of  the  next  three,  while  the  Principal,  with  the 
assistance  of  the  music  teacher,  tries  to  teach  seventh,  eighth,  ninth,  and 
tenth  grades. 

The  Primary  Department  was  added  some  years  ago  to  serve  as  a  practice 
school  for  teachers  and  a  place  to  see  model  teaching  done.  At  present  there 
are  on  roll  as  many  as  the  room  can  accommodate  and  there  are  others  who 
want  to  come.  The  intermediate  room  is  also  full,  and  several  have  been 
turned  away.  If  there  were  room,  I  am  sure  we  would  enroll  many  more 
for  that  department.  The  teacher  for  this  room  has  been  giving  one  period  each 
day  to  the  teaching  of  domestic  science.     All  the  girls  in  the  school  above  the 


20  Biennial  Report 

third  grade  were  taken,  and  nothing  they  have  learned  has  been  worth  so 
much  to  them  as  that.  It  has  directly  benefited  the  people  as  no  part  of 
the  School  work  has  done.  The  parents  say  their  girls  are  interested  in 
house-work  as  never  before,  are  cooking  better  than  they  once  did,  and  are 
making  the  family  clothes  that  were  hired  made  before.  They  are  able  to 
see  the  benefit  and  do  not  fail  to  say  so.  It  is  unfortunate  that  we  cannot 
give  more  time  to  this  phase  of  the  work. 

A  music  teacher  was  first  employed  about  five  years  ago.  As  I  have  before 
stated,  the  patrons  of  the  School  bought  a  piano  and  the  State  pays  the 
teacher.  The  music  pupils  pay  a  small  fee,  and  that  goes  into  the  fund  for 
incidental  expenses.  The  people  were  anxious  to  have  a  music  teacher  in  the 
School,  because  there  was  not  one  anywhere  among  their  people.  This  meant 
much  to  them  in  their  home,  social,  and  church  life.  I  suppose  it  is  needless 
to  say  that  we  have  also  seen  the  results  in  the  School,  and  have  been  bene- 
fited there.  I  believe  the  Music  Department  is  doing  better  work  this  year 
than  it  has  ever  done. 

We  have  enrolled  in  the  other  room  about  thirty  pupils,  and  they  cover 
in  their  work  about  four  grades.  Some  of  this  work  is  done  by  the  music 
teacher,  but  almost  all  is  done  by  the  Principal.  About  one-third  of  these 
pupils  are  grown  men  and  women.  They  are  above  twenty  years  old. 
Their  time  is  worth  something  to  them,  for  all  of  them  are  attending  school 
at  a  sacrifice  and  ought  to  be  getting  as  much  as  possible  out  of  it.  Most  of 
them  will  not  attend  school  many  more  years,  but  with  that  number  of 
grades,  the  classes  have  to  be  combined  so  that  most  of  the  pupils  suffer  for 
lack  of  attention  or  are  held  back  or  carried  along  too  rapidly.  With  the 
number  of  grades  it  is  impossible  to  classify  them  properly. 

We  need  two  additional  teachers,  but  we  do  not  have  any  place  to  put 
them.  For  a  small  sum  a  movable  partition  can  be  made  across  one  end  of 
the  auditorium  and  a  recitation  room  can  be  arranged  there.  We  can  ar- 
range to  give  more  time  to  the  domestic  science  and  more  time  to  the  high 
school  grades.  I  am  sure  we  would  enroll  more  pupils  in  these  grades  if  we 
were  able  to  give  them  more  attention.  An  additional  teacher  would  require 
an  additional  yearly  appropriation  of  about  $500. 

The  School  building  is  in  great  need  of  covering,  and  it  will  take  about  $500 
to  cover  it  and  to  fit  up  a  room  in  the  auditorium.  It  may  take  more  but 
that  certainly  will  not  be  more  than  enough.  For  it  to  go  uncovered  another 
year  will  mean  great  damage  to  the  building. 

The  domitory  is  in  need  of  furniture  as  it  has  not  yet  been  furnished,  and 
another  $500  will  be  required  to  furnish  it.  All  of  the  Indians  are  not  within 
reach  of  the  School,  and  in  order  for  it  to  reach  those  Indians  living  some 
distance  away  the  dormitory  was  erected.  Very  few  people  who  send  girls 
off  to  school  would  be  willing  to  put  them  to  board  among  strangers,  unless 
the  school  had  some  oversight  of  them.  The  dormitory  is  erected  on  the 
School  grounds,  so  that  it  will  be  under  the  supervision  of  the  School  Board 
and  State  Board  of  Education. 

The  Progress  and  Prospects  of  the  School. 

Two  years  ago  the  attendance  for  the  first  month  was  28.  Last  year  it  was 
50,  and  this  year  it  was  78.9.  Two  years  ago  the  highest  average  for  any 
month  was  103,  and  this  year  it  reached  that  the  second  month.     Then,  too, 


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before  school  had  been  going  on  for  six  weeks  we  had  filled  both  the  primary 
and  intermediate  rooms,  and  we  do  not  know  how  many  more  we  would 
have  had  if  we  had  had  the  room.  The  Indians  are  becoming  interested  in 
education.  At  present  they  are  still  far  behind  but  the  most  progressive 
ones,  and  the  best  citizens  among  them  are  trying  to  send  their  boys  and 
girls  to  school.  They  certainly  need  one  good  school  that  will  fit  their  boys 
and  girls  to  teach  their  schools  and  give  those  who  want  it  a  preparation 
that  will  enable  them  to  enter  college.  The  education  we  will  give  them  will 
make  better  citizens  and  better  farmers  of  them,  and  the  State  of  North 
Carolina  will  be  benefited. 

Respectfully  H.  A.  Neal,  Principal. 


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Biennial  Report 


RECEIPTS  AND  DISBURSEMENTS 


SLATER  INDUSTRIAL  AND  STATE  NORMAL  SCHOOL. 


Receipts 


1914-'15 


1915-'16 


Balance  on  hand,  July  1st 

General  fund  from  State 

General  fund  from  Slater  Fund 

Special  fund  from  State _' 

Boarding  income 

Tuition  income 

Entrance  fees  income 

Music  income 

Laundry  income 

Farm  and  garden  income 

Sale  of  text-books  and  school  supplies- 
Students'  accounts  receivable 

Student  help 

Domestic  Science  income .,_ 

Sale  of  wood 

Borrowed  money 

Dormitory  equipment  (breakage) 

Donations 

Diplomas 

Rent 


Sunday  school  and  entertainments 

Phelps-Stokes  Fund .*_. 

City  of  Winston-Salem 

Rebate  of  freight  on  fuel 

Dining-room  and  kitchen  (sale  of  supplies)  - 

Printing,  catalogues  and  advertisements 

General  expense . 

Redemption  of  money  orders 

Summer  School  and  Teachers'  Association, 


508  .66 

5,000.00 

300.00 

5,979.50 

3,514.75 

722  .05 

186 .00 

76.90 

92.52 

337 .46 

347 .34 

130.00 

147.50 

21.76 

39.25 

98.50 

1.00 

13.75 

31.00 

.42 

100.38 


8.41 
5.25 
6.55 
18.50 


Total  receipts. 


$    17,687.45 


2,074.25 

6,000.00 

300.00 

17,239.64 

4,021.10 

759.10 

215 .00 

87.50 

140 .75 

389 .02 

333.18 

115.83 


44.00 


238.95 

250 .00 

226.99 

2.70 


.25 


539  .62 


$      32,977. 


Indian  and  Colored  Normal  Schools 


23 


SLATER  INDUSTRIAL  AND  STATE  NORMAL  SCHOOL— Continued. 


Disbursements 


1914-'15 


1915-'! 


Board  (rebate) 

Canvassing 

Catalogues  and  advertisements 

Dormitory  equipment 

Dining-room  and  kitchen  equipment. 

Dining-room  and  kitchen  expense 

Domestic  Science  and  Art  equipment- 
Domestic  Science  and  Art  expense 

Donations — Orphanage 

Diplomas 

Farm  and  garden  equipment 

Farm  and  garden  expense 

Fuel 


General  expense 

Interest 

Lights 

Library 

Laundry 

Music  equipment 

Music  expense 

Manual  training  expense.. 

Office  equipment 

Office  expense 

Repairs  and  renewals 

Real  estate  and  buildings. 
Rent 


Redemption  of  money  orders 

Salaries 

Sanitation 

Schoolroom  equipment 

Student  help 

Sunday  school  and  entertainments 

Summer  School  and  Teachers'  Association. 

Text-books  and  school  supplies 

Telephone  and  telegraph 

Water 


11.00 

26.41 

264  .89 

175  .83 

36.95 

2,508.68 


66.25 

10.00 
.80 

52.00 
350.91 
614.62 

17.93 


158.12 
54.69 
58.32 
14.00 


1.20 

20.00 

377.90 

376.20 

4,823.25 

4.00 

18.50 

4,700.25 

143.96 


179.00 
9.00 


322  .33 
102  .60 
113.61 


Total  disbursements  . 
Balance  July  1st 


$     15,613.20 


$      2,074.25 


14.50 


191 .50 

922  .66 

22.90 

,476.75 

39.62 

8.80 

10.00 

2.05 


651.61 

734 .61 

176.89 

32.83 

215.87 

5.61 

73.79 

23.60 

28.59 


25.25 

607.99 

496 .90 

17,829.03 


5,230.00 

56.65 

229 .69 

626.03 

18.74 

415.73 

310.43 

•    135.87 

175.26 


$      32,789.75 


188.13 


School  Property  and  Its  Value. 

Land ' $10,000.00 

Buildings 50,000.00 

Furniture  and  fixtures 5,400.00 

Other  property . 8,200.00 

Total  value.. $73,600.00 


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Biennial  Report 


FAYETTEVILLE  NORMAL  SCHOOL. 


Receipts 


1914-'15 


1915-'16 


On  hand  July  1 

From  State  appropriation 

From  Slater  Fund 

From  boarding  department 

Contingent  fee 

Diploma  fees 

Music  tuition 

Entertainment  by  students 

Sale  of  orchard  products 

Sale  of  pine  poles 

Contributions  from  teachers  and  students- 

Balance  due  for  board 

Other  sources 


Total  receipts- 


DlSBURSEMENTS 


Salaries  and  wages 

Directors '  e  xpenses 

Advertising,  printing,  stationery,  and  stamps 

Fuel,  lights,  and  fixtures 

Furniture  and  furnishings 

Permanent  improvements 

Incidentals 

Athletics 

Repairs  and  renewals 

Clerical  assistance  and  office  books 

Sanitation  and  disinfectants 

Student  help,  dining-room,  and  farm 

Canvassing . 

Telephone  and  telegraph 

Pump  and  farm  implements 

Provisions  and  supplies 

Furnishings  for  kitchen,  dining-room,  dormitory,  and  laundry- 
Rent  of  dormitories 

Shrubbery  and  work  on  campus 

Commencement  expenses 

Lights  (kerosene) 

Range  and  fixtures ' 

Balance  on  piano 

Expenses  for  entertainments 

Janitor 


Total  disbursements- 
Balance  July  1 


11.11 

4,969.25 

300.00 

3,380.00 

273  .00 

22.00 

95.00 

53.55 

11.00 

7.20 

30.91 

27.00 


$      9, 180 .02 


$      10,757.45 


3,751.43 

3.50 

253 .38 

751 .00 

26.40 

34.70 


389.10 

128.20 
36.00 
25.60 
3,012.11 
55.60 
80.00 
77.40 
10.75 
61.10 

194  .00 
86.00 
17.00 

128.25 


$      8,993.27 


$      10,592.29 


58.50 


School  Property  and  Its  Value. 


$  4,000.00 

26,000.00 

3,000.00 

Other  property 

305.00 

Total  value  of  property $33,305.00 


Indian  and  Colored  Normal  Schools 


25 


ELIZABETH  CITY  STATE  NORMAL  SCHOOL. 


Receipts 

1914-'15 

1915-'16 

$                .80 

$            220 .43 

3,333.34 

5,605.00 
300 .00 
303.10 
106 .45 
61.37 
8.10 
75.00 

5,600.00 

300  .00 

371.01 

175.30 

61.37 

8.23 

75.00 

From  General  Education  Board  for  Summer  School _            ... 

150.00 

53.65 

95.70 

100  .74 

285  .00 

74.95 

131 .25 

50.00 

Piano  fund _  _  _       _       .._____.       ...       .---.__ 

171.56 

20.00 

Totals 

$      6,999.91 

$      10,742.44 

Disbursements 

$ 

$        3.333.34 

4,835.00 

43.90 
264.59 
154.73 
679  .58 

12.28 
200 .00 

69.54 
152 .92 

30.00 

4,660.00 

Sundries 

165  .62 

Repairs  and  supplies ... 

313.83 

Fuel 

661.11 

Sanitation  ..  ... 

46.75 

190.41 

Phone.,  ...  __  :. 

24.00 

Administration 

135  .40 

Summer  School  expenses      ... 

200 .00 

Dining-room  supplies  and  repairs 

24.83 

Disinfectants _     . 

43.05 

Lights,  fixtures,  globes,  and  furniture 

558.12 

Surveying  land .  . 

15  .00 

170.00 

135  .00 

11.94 

W.  L.  Cahoon  for  professional  services .   .         . __  . 

T.  J.  Markham  for  professional  services.. .     ..       .       ... 

Dr.  Messerve's  expenses — Commencement  speaker.. 

Totals 

$       6,779.48      «       10.35fi  4fi 

Balance  on  hand  July  1 

220  .43 

385 .88 

School  Property  and  Its  Value. 

Land  (41  acres) 1$  7,500.00 

Buildings 32,500.00 

Furniture  and  fixtures 2,000.00 


Total  value  of  property. 


.$42,000.00 


26 


Biennial  Keport 


REPORT  OF  SLATER  FUND. 


1914-'15 


Received  from  Slater  fund,  October  14,  1914 

Received  from  Slater  fund,  January  6,  1915 

Received  from  Slater  fund,  April  8,  1915 

Total  receipts 

Paid  to  W.  A.  Blair,  Treasurer,  Winston-Salem  Normal  School,  October  14,  1914 

Paid  to  Thos.  J.  Markham,  Treas.,  Elizabeth  City  Normal  School,  Oct.  14,  1914 

Paid  to  H.  W.  Lilly,  Treasurer,  Fayetteville  Normal  School,  October  14,  1914 

Paid  to  W.  A.  Blair,  Treasurer,  Winston-Salem  Normal  School,  January  9,  1915 

Paid  to  H.  W.  Lilly,  Treasurer,  Fayetteville  Normal  School,  January  9,  1915 

Paid  to  Thos.  J.  Markham,  Treas.,  Elizabeth  City  Normal  School,  Jan.  9,  1915 

Paid  to  W.  A.  Blair,  Treasurer,  Winston-Salem  Normal  School,  April  8,  1915 

Paid  to  H.  W.  Lilly,  Treasurer,  Fayetteville  Normal  School,  April  8,  1915 

Paid  to  Thos.  J.  Markham,  Treas.,  Elizabeth  City  Normal  School,  April  8,  1915 

Total  disbursements 

1915-'16 

Received  from  Slater  fund,  October  7,  1915 

Received  from  Slater  fund,  January  4,  1916 

Received  from  Slater  fund,  April  4,  1916 

Total  receipts 

Paid  to  H.  W.  Lilly,  Treasurer,  Fayetteville  Normal  School,  October  7,  1915 

Paid  to  Thos.  J.  Markham,  Treas.,  Elizabeth  City  Normal  School,  Oct.  7,  1915 

Paid  to  W.  A.  Blair,  Treasurer,  Winston-Salem  Normal  School,  October  7,  1915 

Paid  to  H.  W.  Lilly,  Treasurer,  Fayetteville  Normal  School,  February  22,  1916 

Paid  to  W.  A.  Blair,  Treasurer,  Winston-Salem  Normal  School,  February  22,  1916 

Paid  to  Thos.  J.  Markham,  Treas.,  Elizabeth  City  Normal  School,  February  22,  1916 

Paid  to  Thos.  J.  Markham,  Treas.,  Elizabeth  City  Normal  School,  April  4,  1916 

Paid  to  W.  A.  Blair,  Treasurer,  Winston-Salem  Normal  School,  April  4,  1916 

Paid  to  H.  W.  Lilly,  Treasurer,  Fayetteville  Normal  School,  April  4,  1916 

Total  disbursements 


$ 

300 .00 

300 .00 

300 .00 

$ 

900 .00 

s 

100  .00 

100 .00 

100  .00 

100  .00 

100 .00 

100  .00 

100 .00 

100  .00 

100 .00 

s 

900 .00 

$ 

300  .00 

300  .00 

300  .00 

$ 

900 .00 

$ 

100  .00 

100  .00 

100 .00 

100 .00 

100  .00 

100.00 

100  .00 

100  .00 

100 .00 

900  .00 


Indian  and  Colored  Normal  Schools 


27 


CHEROKEE  NORMAL  SCHOOL  OF  ROBESON  COUNTY. 
Building  and  Improvement  Fund. 


Receipts 

Warrant  drawn  September  26,  1913  in  favor  of  J.  Y.  Joyner,  Secretary  of  the  State 

Board  of  Education,  and  held  for  use  in  erecting  dormitory  and  for  improvements 

Appropriation,  1915 1 


Total  for  building  and  improvements 

Disbursements 

Paid  to  J.  B.  Plummer,  contractor,  warrant  held  by  J.  Y.  Joyner  for  building,  Sep- 
tember 8,  1915 

Paid  to  J.  B.  Plummer,  contractor,  October  22,  1915 

Paid  to  J.  B.  Plummer,  contractor,  December  2,  1915 

Paid  to  C.  E.  Hartge,  architect 

Paid  Robesonian,  printing  advertisements  for  bids 

Paid  Alderman  Toy  and  China  Co.,  equipment 

Paid  Raleigh  Furniture  Co.,  equipment 

Paid  Southern  School  Supply  Co.,  equipment 

Total  disbursements 

Balance  from  building  and  improvement  fund 


1 ,  925  .00 
2,000.00 


3,925.00 


$        1,925.00 

475.0) 

1,285.00 

75.00 

2.40 

24.97 

74.75 

60.49 

$        3,922.61 

2.39 

Maintenance  Fund. 


Receipts 

1914-'15 
$          215.25 

1915-'16 
$            333 .90 

Transferred  from  building  and  improvement  fund  to  maintenance  fund 

2.39 

2,750.00 

2,750.00 

$      2,965.25 

$        3,086.29 

Disbursements 

$          360 .00 

8.62 

666 .66 

$              

Paid  H.  A.  Neal,  Principal,  salary  12  months ...   ..  . 

1,033.34 

Paid  Annie  E.  Carroll,  teacher,  salary,  8  months..     . 

480.00 
540 .00 
500  .00 

Paid  Belle  Armstrong,  teacher,  salarv  8  months 

540  .00 

Paid  Lelia  McCulloch,  teacher,  salary  8  months.. 

560  .00 

Paid  Oma  M.  Cheek,  teacher,  salary  8  months.  ... 

400 .00 

Paid  W.  M.  Welch  Mfg.  Co.,  diplomas. .  ... 

24.00 
52.07 

Paid  Chas.  M.  Stieff,  payment  on  piano..  . 

Paid  Minnie  Lennon,  stenographer  (Goins  vs.  Trustees) 

50.90 

Paid  J.  L.  Seawell,  Clerk  Supreme  Court,  printing  record 

73.10 

Paid  J.  L.  Seawell,  Clerk  Supreme  Court,  printing  brief . 

31.50 

Paid  J.  L.  Seawell,  Clerk  Supreme  Court,  costs 

18  .40 

Paid  Southern  School  Supply  Co.,  supplies... 

4.00 

Paid  McLean,  Varsar  &  McLean,  attorneys...       _   .  .. 

141 .68 

Paid  Singer  Sewing  Machine  Co..  _  .. 

24.00 

Paid  Dobbin-Ferrall  Co.,  equipment 

7.40 

Total  disbursements .   _ 

$      2,631.35 

$        2,884.32 

Balance  on  hand  July  1 

$          333 .90 

1            201 .97 

28 


Biennial  Keport 


CHEROKEE  NORMAL  SCHOOL  OF  ROBESON  COUNTY— Continued. 

School  Property  and  Its  Value. 

Land  (10  acres) $  1,250.00 

Buildings 7,000.00 

Furniture  and  fixtures-.- 700.00 

Total  value  of  property I  8,950.00 


SALARY  AND  EXPENSES  OF  SUPERINTENDENT 

1914-'15 

Salary,  E.  E.  Sams,  July  1,  1914  to  June  30,  1915 

Traveling  expenses,  E.  E.  Sams,  July  1,  1914  to  June  30,  1915 

Mileage  books,  E.  E.  Sams,  July  1,  1914  to  June  30,  1915 

$ 

2,000.00 
178.55 
160.00 

Total .                                    ... 

'  % 

2,338.55 

1915-'16 
Salary,  E.  E.  Sams,  July  1,  1915  to  June  30,  1916 

$ 

2,000.00 

Traveling  expenses,  E.  E.  Sams,  July  1,  1915  to  June  30,  1916 

Mileage  books,  E.  E.  Sams,  July  1,  1915  to  June  30,  1916 

141 .76 
160 .00 

Total 

% 

2,301.76 

Indian  and  Colored  Normal  Schools 


29 


ENROLLMENT 


1914-'15 

Prep.  Dept. 

and  Normal 

Practice 
School 

Total 

211 

292 
209 

235 
106 
96 

446 

398 

305 

712 

437 

1,149 

1915-16 

234 
339 
275 

272 
129 
81 

506 

468 

356 

848 

482 

1,330 

Indian  Normal  School. 


Primary 
Deparment 

Intermediate 
Department 

High  School  and 
Normal  School 

Total 

Number  enrolled  1914-'15 . 

55 
65 

60 
55 

31 

47 

146 

Number  enrolled  1915-'16 .  . 

167 

30  Biennial  Kepokt 

The  State  Normal  Schools 

The  Superintendent  has  visited  those  schools  from  time  to  time.  He  has 
found  that  the  work  of  each  has  been  prosecuted  with  faithfulness  on  the 
part  of  the  principals,  teachers,  and  students.  At  each  school  he  has  ob- 
served a  growing  spirit  of  earnestness  and  cooperation,  a  desire  for  greater 
and  fuller  development,  and  pride  in  this  growth,  and,  above  all,  a  distinct 
and  manifest  feeling  of  love  and  patriotism  to  our  State. 

The  Colored  Normal  Schools 

In  these  schools  there  are  two  pressing  and  urgent  needs.  The  first  of 
these  is  more  dormitory  room  and  adequate  space  for  carrying  on  the  indus- 
trial work.  At  Elizabeth  City  there  is  absolutely  no  provision  whatever  for 
taking  care  of  the  young  men.  They  are  forced  to  room  in  the  city  or  neigh- 
boring homes,  too  often  under  conditions  that  neutralize  or  render  inefficient 
the  training  and  habit-forming  discipline  and  drill  which  the  school  endeav- 
ors to  give.  As  a  matter  of  effective  results  and  good  discipline,  and  more 
especially  as  a  matter  of  good  morals,  this  need  is  most  pressing  and  de- 
serves the  careful  consideration  of  all  who  are  interested  in  the  proper  de- 
velopment of  the  leaders  of  the  colored  race. 

At  Fayeteville  the  conditions  are  almost  as  bad,  and  in  some  respects  are 
worse.  The  boys  are  forced  to  board  in  the  city,  about  a  mile  away,  or  to 
room  in  cottages  near  by  rented  by  the  school.  In  these  cottages  there  are 
four,  five,  and  even  six  boys  in  one  room,  under  conditions  which  make  it 
next  to  impossible  for  adequate  supervision.  The  rooming  and  boarding  in 
private  homes  in  many  respects  is  preferable  to  this. 

At  Winston-tSalem  the  boys  are  occupying  the  attic  floor  of  the  administra- 
tion building.  This  is  an  unsatisfactory  arrangement.  We  need  a  separate 
building  in  which  to  properly  take  care  of  these  boys. 

The  present  facilities  for  taking  care  of  the  girls  at  Fayetteville  are  inade- 
quate. At  the  present  time  every  room  in  the  girls'  dormitory  is  occupied 
by  not  less  than  four  girls,  while  some  of  the  rooms  have  five.  The  building 
was  designed  with  a  view  to  putting  two  girls  to  a  room.  You  can  imagine 
the  crowded  condition.  The  conditions  at  Elizabeth  City  are  nearly  as  bad. 
The  girls'  dormitory  has  forty-four  rooms  with  one  hundred  and  fifty-five 
girls  and  eleven  teachers  as  occupants.  A  little  mathematical  calculation 
will  show  that  there  are  nearly  four  persons  to  each  room.  If  the  teachers 
are  put  two  in  a  room,  it  will  leave  exactly  enough  space  for  the  girls  with 
four  to  a  room.  At  each  of  these  two  schools  a  dormitory  with  much  in- 
creased capacity  should  be  erected  for  the  girls  and  the  present  dormitory 
for  girls  should  be  turned  over  to  the  use  of  the  boys.  The  proper  develop- 
ment of  these  schools  and  the  moral  welfare  of  the  students  demand  such 
improvements. 

In  regard  to  new  buildings,  there  is  another  need  which  should  receive 
consideration,  and  that  is  the  matter  of  adequate  provision  for  carrying 
on  the  industrial  work.  It  is  generally  conceded  that  this  subject  is  one 
of  the  most  practical  and  most  important  in  the  curriculum  for  giving  the 
right  kind  of  training  to  the  young  men  and  young  women  whom  we  send 
out  to  train  the  future  men  and  women  of  our  State.  This  work  has  been 
encouraged  in  a  substantial  way  for  a  number  of  years  by  the  Trustees  of  the 


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John  F.  Slater  Fund  through  donations  for  training  in  domestic  science. 
The  present  appropriation  from  this  source  is  $900,  or  $300  for  each  school, 
per  year.  Recently  the  General  Educational  Board  recognized  our  needs 
in  regard  to  manual  training  for  boys  and  for  training  in  home  gardening, 
donated  $4,050  for  equipment  in  these  schools.  We  are  now  embarrassed  with 
the  problem  of  the  proper  use  of  this  equipment  without  adequate  buildings 
in  which  to  use  and  care  for  it.  At  each  of  these  schools  we  have  ex- 
cellent farming  lands,  suitable  for  gardening  and  use  not  only  as  demonstra- 
tion work  but  for  raising  a  large  part  of  the  vegetables,  milk,  and  butter 
used  by  the  schools.  I  believe  two  or  three  thousand  dollars  spent  at  each 
school  for  developing  this  line  of  work  would  pay  as  a  financial  investment 
as  well  as  a  much  needed  laboratory  for  these  schools. 

The  second  great  need  of  these  Colored  Normal  Schools  is  a  better  trained 
teaching  force.  To  get  this  it  is  absolutely  necessary  to  pay  better  salaries. 
For  four  or  five  hundred  dollars  a  year  we  cannot  hope  to  get  and  hold  the 
kind  of  teachers  we  need  to  train  the  future  teachers  of  the  State.  We  need 
at  least  one  high-grade  teacher  in  each  school  to  have  charge  of  the  practice 
school  and  the  teacher  training  or  professional  training  side  of  the  work. 
To  get  the  kind  of  persons  I  have  in  mind  will  require  a  salary  of  not  less 
than  $1,000.  We  need  to  strengthen  the  faculties  of  these  schools  by  adding 
other  teachers- with  better  training  and  experience.  We  cannot  expect  to 
get  teachers  for  $300  a  year  that  can  do  the  work  we  want  done;  and  yet 
this  is  what  we  are  forced  to  try  to  do. 

In  view  of  these  observations,  and  in  consideration  of  the  facts  set  forth 
in  the  reports  of  the  principals,  I  recommend  and  earnestly  request  that 
you  ask  the  General  Assembly  to  appropriate  $30,000  for  buildings  in  1917 
and  $30,000  for  buildings  in  1918,  and  that  the  maintenance  fund  be  in- 
creased from  $17,000  to  $30,000. 

The  Cherokee  Normal  School  of  Robeson  County. 

In  1911  an  appropriation  of  $2,000  was  made  for  a  dormitory  for  this 
School.  This  was  not  sufficient  to  erect  a  building  suitable  to  the  needs. 
In  1915  another  appropriation  of  $2,000  was  made  fgr  the  same  purpose. 
With  these  appropriations  a  dormitory  has  been  erected  at  a  cost  of  $3,685, 
exclusive  of  the  fees  to  the  architect.  The  balance  of  the  fund  for  building 
and  improvement  has  been  expended  for  equipment.  The  dormitory  was 
completed  last  year,  but  was  not  used  last  session.  It  is  in  use  or,  I  might 
say,  partly  in  use  at  the  present.  On  account  of  lack  of  funds  with  which 
to  properly  equip  this  building,  we  are  not  able  at  the  present  to  get  from 
it  the  benefits  for  which  it  was  built.  We  need  at  least  $500  "with  which  to 
furnish  this  building  and  add  permanent  improvements,  such  as  a  well  and 
proper  outhouses.  The  other  building,  which  is  used  for  recitations,  is 
greatly  in  need  of  repairs.  This  building  should  be  recovered  this  year.  If 
this  is  not  done,  permanent  injury  will  result.  This,  with  other  needed 
improvements,  will  cost  about  $500. 

There  is  need  for  another  teacher  for  this  School.  When  we  remember 
that  this  school  to  the  Indians  of  Robeson  and  adjoining  counties  is  their 
only  chance  in  this  State  for  high  school,  normal  school,  college  or  university 
training,  it  seems  that  we  should  endeavor  to  make  this  training  as  full 
and  rich  as  we  can,  especially  until  we  have  helped  them  to  develop  sufficient 


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leadership  to  carry  forward  their  own  training  or  the  training  of  their  own 
people.  We  have  found  it  advisable  to  have  a  practice  school.  So  we  placed 
one  of  the  teachers  in  charge  of  the  primary  department.  This  department 
has  been  swamped  with  pupils  to  such  extent  that  we  were  forced  to  limit 
the  number,  or  rather  the  capacity  of  the  room  demanded  that  a  limit  be 
fixed.  The  congested  condition  of  this  room  approximates  the  condition 
under  which  many  of  the  advanced  pupils  who  do  work  with  the  children  of 
this  room  will  be  forced  to  work  when  they  take  charge  of  the  country  schools. 
In  the  intermediate  department  the  conditions  are  likewise  crowded.  The. 
work  of  the  four  upper  grades  is  done  by  the  principal  with  the  assistance  of 
the  music  teacher,  who  devotes  a  part  of  her  time  to  the  academic  work. 
The  large  number  of  classes  makes  it  imposible  for  the  work  in  this  depart- 
ment to  be  done  as  it  should  be. 

Realizing  the  very  great  need  of  training  in  sewing  and  cooking,  it  was 
decided  last  year  to  have  one  of  the  teachers  give  an  hour  each  day  to  this 
work.  It  has  proved  a  wise  measure  and  one  that  is  exceedingly  popular 
with  the  pupils  and  parents.  This  work  should  be  continued  and  enlarged. 
To  carry  it  on  and  to  give  the  needed  relief  in  the  other  work,  we  should 
have  an  additional  teacher.  We  can  get  one  for  the  work  we  have  in  mind 
for  $500  per  year. 

I,  therefore,  recommend  that  you  ask  the  General  Assembly  to  appropriate 
$500  for  equipping  the  dormitory  and  $500  for  improvements,  and  an  increase 
of  $500  in  the  maintenance  fund,  making  it  $3,250  instead  of  $2,750  per  year. 


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